Orexins, a novel family of hypothalamic neuropeptides, modulate pituitary luteinizing hormone secretion in an ovarian steroid-dependent manner

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 133-136

  Pu, Shuye ^a   Jain, Mukul R ^a   Kalra, Pushpa S ^a   Kalra, Satya P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin; Orexin A.; Orexin B.; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXIN A; OREXIN B; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18544411695     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(98)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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